From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com (astoria.ccjclearline.com [64.235.106.9]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F9DA70431 for ; Wed, 9 Jul 2014 11:49:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [69.196.158.250] (port=44689 helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X4qNd-0003wn-5E for bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 09 Jul 2014 07:49:45 -0400 Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 07:49:42 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: BitBake developer list Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (LFD 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.openembedded.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: a couple trivial questions about variable flags X-BeenThere: bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussion that advance bitbake development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 11:49:46 -0000 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII (again, potentially trivial and silly questions coming, but i'm long past the point of personal shame. :-) first, there is no need to pre-define variable flags, correct? i'm reading BB user manual, section 3.1.10, regarding "Variable Flag Syntax", and there's nothing to warn the reader whether or not they need to define a variable flag before subsequently using it, so i was thinking of adding that note. also, same section, i think i'll submit a patch showing at least a couple common uses for variable flags, the ones that leap to mind are: [doc] [md5sum] [sha256sum] since those can be seen absolutely everywhere. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================